STRAWBERRY RESERVOIR — Search and rescue crews were searching Thursday for two missing brothers after a boat was found empty on Strawberry Reservoir.
The brothers from Pleasant Grove and Salem are 61 and 70 years old, authorities said. They are familiar with the area.
State park rangers and deputies responded to the reservoir around 2:30 p.m. after a passerby called 911 to report an unoccupied boat, the Wasatch County Sheriff's Office said. When park rangers and deputies were unable to find the boat's owner, the Wasatch County Search and Rescue team were called in.
"We spoke a lot about hope, and their hope is that they have the best outcome possible," Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby said of the brothers' family. "They’re worried, they’re praying, they’re supporting each other that there still can be a great outcome from this."
The boat's motor was still running and it appeared to have drifted to shore on its own, according to Wasatch County Sheriff's Lt. Ken Purdy. There were some clothes on the shore, but it's unknown if they were related to the boat, Purdy said.